finally got my albums from amazon.com

CoronaMargaritahead · September 5, 2006 6:27 pm

so i got the 23 i ordered... opening and listening to one a week, first one is Down to Earth and moving through time-wise... im liking this one.. im on song three so far and i really like Ellis Dee... ill update this thread after i listen more

oneparticularwino · Post by **oneparticularwino** » September 5, 2006 9:48 pm

If you're going in order of release, then you should appreciate 'You Had To Be There'.

CoronaMargaritahead · September 5, 2006 10:05 pm

i dont hvae that one.. i only have the studio albums as of now

oneparticularwino · Post by **oneparticularwino** » September 5, 2006 10:13 pm

If your a 'live' music fan of JB, I feel it's a must have, especially if you like the first 5/6 studio releases.

conched · Post by **conched** » September 6, 2006 8:45 am

oneparticularwino wrote:If your a 'live' music fan of JB, I feel it's a must have, especially if you like the first 5/6 studio releases.

Agreed! It's all part of the timeline of where Jimmy was. It will make you want to go back and find some of those earliest live bootlegs.

I hope you get it and listen to it since you are doing them in sequence.

Do keep this thread going and share your thougths about each album.

(Keep in mind that many people didn't hear those first two albums until Before the Salt vinyl was released in 1979. But, don't ask me since my first Buffett album was YHTBT!)

Any of you listeners from way back remember when you first heard Down to Earth and High Cumberland?

CapnK · Post by **CapnK** » September 6, 2006 9:45 am

happy listening. Take it slow and enjoy it.

sonofabeach · Post by **sonofabeach** » September 6, 2006 9:49 am

Pace yourself!!!!!! that can be a lot to take in at once

In my opinion the first couple of albums make great beer coasters but are still must haves for any "true fan"

RinglingRingling · Post by **RinglingRingling** » September 6, 2006 9:53 am

sonofabeach wrote:Pace yourself!!!!!! that can be a lot to take in at once

In my opinion the first couple of albums make great beer coasters but are still must haves for any "true fan"

guess that lets me out

Quiet and Shy · Post by **Quiet and Shy** » September 6, 2006 9:55 am

conched wrote:
oneparticularwino wrote:If your a 'live' music fan of JB, I feel it's a must have, especially if you like the first 5/6 studio releases.
Any of you listeners from way back remember when you first heard Down to Earth and High Cumberland?

That would be a rare listener, indeed. Didn't Down to Earth sell only about 360 copies? And of course, that's why the High Cumberland masters were "lost" (so nobody heard it) until after Jimmy had other successes....

Does anyone know when High Cumberland was "found" and released? My guess is after the success of Margaritaville (late-70's), but I don't know....

What a fun project and approach to his music. As conched said, let us know how it goes.

sonofabeach · Post by **sonofabeach** » September 6, 2006 9:58 am

RinglingRingling wrote:
sonofabeach wrote:Pace yourself!!!!!! that can be a lot to take in at once

In my opinion the first couple of albums make great beer coasters but are still must haves for any "true fan"
guess that lets me out

actually me too since I bought for combo cd.

"Livington's Gone to Texas" with the forgotten verse is a fave of mine

parrotpartygod · Post by **parrotpartygod** » September 6, 2006 11:31 am

sonofabeach wrote:
RinglingRingling wrote:
sonofabeach wrote:Pace yourself!!!!!! that can be a lot to take in at once

In my opinion the first couple of albums make great beer coasters but are still must haves for any "true fan"
guess that lets me out
actually me too since I bought for combo cd.

"Livington's Gone to Texas" with the forgotten verse is a fave of mine

It's crazy and it's different
But it's really being free
And reasons the world would want to question
Make sense to you and me

pretty much sums up the parrothead philosophy phor me!

RinglingRingling · Post by **RinglingRingling** » September 6, 2006 11:42 am

sonofabeach wrote:
RinglingRingling wrote:
sonofabeach wrote:Pace yourself!!!!!! that can be a lot to take in at once

In my opinion the first couple of albums make great beer coasters but are still must haves for any "true fan"
guess that lets me out
actually me too since I bought for combo cd.

"Livington's Gone to Texas" with the forgotten verse is a fave of mine

while I have heard the song, I have to say that my collection will always remain free of the first two. There isn't one song on either of them that makes me want to listen to them. It is a great thing that he discovered a different sound after Jerry Jeff and Murph took him to the end of the road.

CoronaMargaritahead · September 6, 2006 3:13 pm

i like a bunch of the songs on the cd. have had a chance to listen two the cd twice.. gonna keep listening.. its great.. i relay do like it

parrothead216 · Post by **parrothead216** » September 6, 2006 3:43 pm

Alison said:That would be a rare listener, indeed. Didn't Down to Earth sell only about 360 copies?

Yes you're right Alison and a friend of ours found a mint condition copy at the local library album sale about 12 years ago for 50cents!

He's NOT even a Parrothead!

CapnK · Post by **CapnK** » September 6, 2006 5:08 pm

parrothead216 wrote:Alison said:That would be a rare listener, indeed. Didn't Down to Earth sell only about 360 copies?

Yes you're right Alison and a friend of ours found a mint condition copy at the local library album sale about 12 years ago for 50cents!

He's NOT even a Parrothead!

Hope he's a capitalist...eBay anyone?

SharkOnLand · Post by **SharkOnLand** » September 6, 2006 6:36 pm

I'm with r2 on this one.... the first couple albums just aren't my cup of tea.

urlcenter · Post by **urlcenter** » September 6, 2006 8:04 pm

High Cumberland Jubilee was recorded in 1971 and released in 1976

http://home.comcast.net/~EHIGGING01/

conched · Post by **conched** » September 7, 2006 12:39 am

RinglingRingling wrote:
sonofabeach wrote:
RinglingRingling wrote:
sonofabeach wrote:Pace yourself!!!!!! that can be a lot to take in at once

In my opinion the first couple of albums make great beer coasters but are still must haves for any "true fan"
guess that lets me out
actually me too since I bought for combo cd.

"Livington's Gone to Texas" with the forgotten verse is a fave of mine
while I have heard the song, I have to say that my collection will always remain free of the first two. There isn't one song on either of them that makes me want to listen to them. It is a great thing that he discovered a different sound after Jerry Jeff and Murph took him to the end of the road.

If you have ever heard Jerry Jeff's Circus Maximus and Neverland Revisited, you'd hear some of the same sounds. Those WERE The Days.

But, I agree. The best from those two have been re-recorded on other albums.

It's still kinda fun to listen to The Hangout Gang..."Homer, turn that radio down." And I have never understood Death Valley Lives.

conched · Post by **conched** » September 7, 2006 12:52 am

urlcenter wrote:High Cumberland Jubilee was recorded in 1971 and released in 1976

http://home.comcast.net/~EHIGGING01/

Great link!!

Dan, I can't believe 50 cents for Down To Earth. What a find?

Since so many of these have shown up, is there a way to repress vinyl and make copies of them? Just wondering.

My copies of those two and Rancho Deluxe will always be special. I played them today.

Quiet and Shy · Post by **Quiet and Shy** » September 7, 2006 9:41 am

conched wrote:
urlcenter wrote:High Cumberland Jubilee was recorded in 1971 and released in 1976

http://home.comcast.net/~EHIGGING01/

Great link!!

Dan, I can't believe 50 cents for Down To Earth. What a find?

Since so many of these have shown up, is there a way to repress vinyl and make copies of them? Just wondering.

My copies of those two and Rancho Deluxe will always be special. I played them today.

Now that's a neat idea...play along as CoronaMH discovers his new collection!!